Stephen Walley, founder of Servants Alive Ministries and longtime pastor of Myrtlewood Baptist Church, died July 3. He was 68. He served as pastor of
Danny Carroll Cotton, who was pastor of Oldfield Baptist Church in Sylacauga, died June 21. He was 70.
Freddie William Green, a longtime minister of music, died May 30. He was 84. A Harpersville, Alabama, native, Green was part of the national guard
B. Gene Webb, longtime Alabama Baptist pastor, died Feb. 15. He was 85.
“Betty had a lot of different hats in the world they shared.” —Nicholas Clark, author of published work on Lewis and Betty Drummond
For more than 60 years, Glenn Bynum served congregations across Marshall, DeKalb, Blount and Jefferson counties, including Pleasant Mount Baptist Church and Village Springs Baptist Church, both in Remlap.
For 18 years beginning in 1988, Baggott wrote her Heart to Heart column about people, events in her life and current issues in ways that touched the hearts of readers. Countless letters testified to how people identified with her words.
Steve Gaines, former pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Cordova, Tennessee, and Gardendale First Baptist Church, died March 20. During his time at Gardendale FBC, Gaines led the congregation from a membership of 4,000 to 8,500.
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